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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,080, dated.December 4, 1894.

Application filed July 6, 1892. Serial N'OHBQIIIZ- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be'it known that I, CHARLES BISANZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Red Lodge, in the county of Park and State of Montana, haveinvented a new and useful Bootjack, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in bootjacks, and has for itsobject to provide means for removing and also for replacing a boot orshoe easily and quickly, one apparatus being employed for both purposes.

The construction of my improved jack is fully described hereinafter inconnection with the drawings, and the novelty thereof is specificallypointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved jack inposition to remove a boot or shoe. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the jackin position to replace a shoe or boot.

The jack comprises, essentially, the base plate, A, and theperpendicular plate, B, secured at one edge to said base and provided atits free end with a heel notch, O, and the parallel, lateral pins, D D,attached to one side of said perpendicular plate. The perpendicularplate is attached to the base-plate at about the center of the latter,thus forming upon one side of plate, B, the standard, E, and upon theother side thereof the footrest, F, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

When the jack is in the position shown in Fig. 1, namely, to remove aboot, the plate, B, is horizontal, being supported by the standard, E,and the lateral pins, D D, the extremities of which are in a plane withthe free edge of the standard, which plane is parallel with the plate,B. The heel-notch, C, is located at the free edge of the plate, B,between the pins, D D.

When the jack is in the position shown in Fig. 2, with the base restingflat upon the floor, the perpendicular plate, B, rises verticallytherefrom, and the pins, D, D, extend out latorally.

To use the jack'to assist in placing a. boot or shoe upon the foot, saidboot, or shoe, is suspended upon the lateral pins, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2, by passing the pins through the loops at the front andrear sides of the boot top or upper. Then, placing the unemployed footupon the rest, F, the foot may be inserted into the boot or shoe readilyand quickly and without strain to the operator.

By placing the foot upon the foot-rest, as described, the jack issteadied and held firmly in position while inserting the other foot inthe shoe. The jack is adapted to place either shoe by turning it,always, so that the unemployed foot may rest upon the foot-rest, F.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a boot-jack, the combination with a baseplate, of a perpendicularplate,B, attached at one end to the base-plate at an intermediate pointof the latter, and provided at the opposite end with a heel-notch andparallel perpendicular pins, the portion of the base-plate upon one sideof the plate B being equal in projection with said pins, and the portionupon the other side thereof being designed as a foot-rest when the plateB is in its Vertical position, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BISANZ.

Witnesses:

A. FREIMAN, J. GRUNDMAN.

